The Year 2001 National Arbor Day Award honorees

Award winners are recognized for their leadership in the cause of tree planting, conservation, and environmental stewardship.

Leaders in tree planting, conservation, and environmental stewardship from around the country and world are honored each year by The Arbor Day Foundation at its annual Arbor Day Awards celebration held in Nebraska City, Nebraska. The awards ceremony is part of the annual Arbor Day weekend celebration held at The Arbor Day Foundation's Lied Conference Center in Nebraska City. 

Year 2001 awards will be presented Saturday, April 28, 2001.

J. Sterling Morton Award
John W. Mixon, Forsyth, Georgia

Frederick Law Olmsted Award
Frankie Sue Del Papa, Carson City, NV

Lawrence Enersen Award
Wendy Ball, Windsor, Colorado
Michael Giudici, Davenport, Iowa

Good Steward Award
Harry E. Daily, Cedarville, Illinois
Leroy Orsburn, Wewoka, Oklahoma

Lady Bird Johnson Award —  Texas Department of Transportation

Project Award
The Corridor Habitat Initiative, Bloomington, Minnesota
General Electric Power Systems, Schenectady, New York
Greenspace — The Cambria Land Trust, Cambria, California
The Nashville Tree Foundation, Nashville, Tennessee
The Tazewell-Mason Counties Special Education Association (TMCSEA), Pekin, Illinois

Education Award
Dickinson West Elementary School Fifth Grade, Hamtramck, Michigan
The e-Club of Dexter Elementary School, Ft. Benning, Georgia
Trees for Houston, Houston, Texas

Public Education Award
Trees and Our Air, Houston, Texas

Media Award
The Blue Spruce, by former NY Gov. Mario Cuomo with Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea, Michigan and Gisbert van Frankenhuyzen, illustrator
Hands on the Land — A History of the Vermont Landscape, by Jan Albers, with MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Celebration Awards
Arbor Week 2000, Henderson, Nevada
Texas Tech University's Arbor Day 2000, Lubbock, Texas
The Town of Westlake, Texas - Arbor Day Celebration

Promise to the Earth Award
Toyota Motor Corporation
Oak Express, Denver, Colorado